Business and Enterprise Committee

On 5 June 2009 the Prime Minister announced that the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills would become the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. On the 25 June 2009 the House of Commons Standing Orders governing the committee structure were amended to allow the Committee to be renamed in order to reflect this change. The new Committee's home page can be found at
www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/bis.cfm

The Committee was renamed on 1 October 2009 with the same membership as the previous Business and Enterprise Committee which was formed on 6 November 2007 and replaced the
Trade and Industry Committee. The remit of the Committee reflects the responsibilities of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and includes issues such as the Government's relationship with Royal Mail, competition policy, higher and further education, business competitiveness and trade promotion.